Hyderabad, Dec 29th: Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu on Dec 29 met Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, who was sworn-in as the Governor on Dec 28. Telangana Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao, along with the Chairman of the Joint Action Council, spearheading the Telangana movement also met the Governor.
Mr. Naidu conveyed his regards to Mr. Narasimhan and reportedly discussed the present political situation in the state and the ongoing agitation on Telangana issue. Later, the TRS President, along with the JAC members met the Governor and submitted a memorandum on the cases booked against the students and the lawyers of the Telangana region who were on agitation demanding the Union government to announce a time frame for a separate state.
Mr. Rao said the JAC had decided to observe a bandh on Dec 30 in a peaceful manner demanding opening of the hostels and direction to the police department to identify any outsiders staying in the hostels and take action against them. He warned that the people of Telangana would not take it the government tried to suppress their agitation.
Collector surprise visit to GGH Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 29th: East Godavari district collector, Mr. Goplala Krishna Dwevedi, made surprise visit to Government General Hospital, Kakinada on Tuesday. He visited all the medical wards and inquired from the patients about the medical and other facilities provided to them in the hospital. He...
T bandh: Buses, trains cancelled Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Hyderabad, Dec 30th: Several Express, Passenger and Local Trains and about 8,000 Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APRTC) buses were cancelled due to the one-day bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of various political parties demanding a time-frame for separate statehood for Te...
Engineer trapped in ACB net Posted on 31-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 30th: The officials of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has trapped the executive engineer of Panchayat Raj department, B. Narasimha Reddy in East Godavari red handed when he was taking a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a contractor on the department premises here on Wednesday. An ACB case was regis...
Banks lag in smart card issue Posted on 31-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 30th: The issue of smart card for the needs of social security pensioners and National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) beneficiaries was entrusted to five commercial banks. The effective implementation of total inclusion in their respective areas of coverage was also handed ov...
Police stations connected online Posted on 31-Dec-2009
Hyderabad, Dec 30th: Director General of Police (DGP) R R Girish Kumar on Wednesday said Andhra Pradesh had become the first State in the country to connect all the 1,642 police stations and sub-divisions online. Addressing the press with Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A K Khan...
Govt invites 8 parties for T-talks Posted on 31-Dec-2009
Hyderabd, Dec 30th: The central government has called a meeting on Jan 5 with leaders of eight recognized political parties of Andhra Pradesh to discuss the Telangana issue and look at ways to break the logjam. Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday sent out the letters to the political parties. The ...
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